Þe whyche is sibbe to cryst self · and semblable boþe." [whyche] wyche P. self] him-selue FT.]
Quath Actyf þo al angryliche · and argueynge as hit were,
"What is pouerte pacient?" quaþ he · "ich praye þat þou telle hit." [quaþ he] F om. praye] pray þe FT.]
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"Paupertas," quaþ pacience · "est odibile bonum,
[solicitudine] solitudine T (twice); solittudine G (twice).] "Ich can nat construen al this" · quath activa uita. [al] wel al F.] "Parfay," quath pacience · "propreliche to telle [quath] þo quod F. propre|liche] & propurli F; parfitliche G. telle] telle it T.] Line 119 In english, hit is ful harde · ac somdel ich shal telle þe. [In] Al þis in T. hit] T om. ac] but T; & F. somdel] E om. telle þe] schewe F. Distinctio, &c.] so in PEF; TG om.]Remocio curarum, Possessio sine calumpnia, donum dei, sanitatis mater;
Absque solicitudine semita, sapiencie tempera|trix, negocium sine dampno;
Incerta fortuna, absque solicitudine felicitas."
DISTINCTIO PAUPERTATIS.
Pouerte is þe firste poynte · þat prude most hateþ; [A page 251]
'Thanne is pouerte good,' quaþ good skyle · 'þauh hit greue a lytel, [quaþ] be T. quaþ—skyle] & goostliche F.]
Al þat may putten of pruyde · in place þer he regneþ.'
Remocio curarum:—For selde sitt pouerte · þe sothe to declare; [For] TG om. selde EG] seelde F; seilde P; Shulde (wrongly) T. sitt] sitte E; sitteth F; sette (wrongly) T; sit G.] Line 124 As a Iustice to Iuge men · men enioyneþ þer-to no poure, [G omits. As a] Or as T. men (2)] me T. enioyneþ þerto] ioyn|eth so F.] Ne to be a mayre ouere men · ne Mynistre vnder kynges. [a] T om.] Selde is þe poure [yput] · to punysshe eny peuple, [Selde ETG] Seilde P; Ful seelde F. þe] any T. [yput TG] I-put F; pitt P; potte E; but see l. 50.]
